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from now on (not comparable)

  1. Starting from this moment and continuing indefinitely.
    Synonyms: as of now, going forward, hereafter, moving forward, from hereon out; see also Thesaurus:henceforth
    Coordinate term: from then on
    • 1919, Christopher Morley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC:
      Aubrey gazed at the fire. He wanted to say that he intended from now on to do a little haunting on his own account but he did not know just how to break it gently.
    • 1983, Ran Cartwright, The Darkening:
      "You speak of lowly! You, once a slave whore whose only purpose wad bed hopping! You, a Cultellrin whore! You may be a queen, but that ends now! This moment! From now on you are nothing more than my bedwarmer! You'd better pray to your god that I never tire of you, for if I do, I'll split your gut all the way up to your neck!"
    • 2004, David Nobbs, Sex and Other Changes, page 95:
      "I'm dressed as a woman, but I am still technically a man. I believe that to comply with the law of the land I ought to continue to use the Gents', but in order not to look out place I intend to use the Ladies' from now on. I trust none of you will grass on me..."

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